The Soft of Her Palm [Paperback]

Isn't it funny? The thoughts your brain is capable of having even while you're lying there, bleeding on the carpet?...

The Soft of Her Palm is a devastating exploration of domestic violence, telling the story of Phil and Sarahs troubled and complex relationship. It begins in the present day, moments after Sarah has crashed her car outside Phil's house - by accident or on purpose? As we return to the past and the horrifying story unfolds, our allegiances shift as the truth is slowly revealed. Jumping from moments of sheer joy to volcanic ferocity and underscored with a vein of sharp, brutal humour, the shadow of violence creeps insidiously across the landscape of Chris Dunkleys painfully honest new play.

Chris Dunkley's playMiritapremiered at the Finborough Theatre, was named Time Out Critics' Choice, and transferred Off Broadway to the Cherry Lane Theatre, New York City, alongside his short playLisa Says. Other theatre includesAlmost Blue(Riverside Studios),How to Tell the Truth(Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough),Lucy is a Minger(Spinney Hill Theatre, Northampton) andThe Festival(Wimbledon Studio Theatre). Radio includesThe All Colour Vegetarian CookbookandThe Architects, both for the BBC. Chris has been Writer in Residence at Royal and Derngate Theatres, Northampton, and Writer on Attachment at the Royal Court Theatre. He was the 2002 winner of the International Student Playscript Competition and winner of the PMA writers' award in 2001.